His Name Was Jason: 30 Years Of Friday The 13th Page #11

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lt's not attracting psychos to it.

lt really does attract

a very respectful

group of people.

Jason can survive anything,

even bad reviews.

lf you're taking these films

too seriously,

you should probably

go have a Valium

or do something else.

l started the Screamfest

Horror Film Festival in 2001

as a platform to give

independent filmmakers a way

to further their careers and have

their work be shown to the industry.

l think some of the films

that we've screened in Screamfest

definitely have been influenced

by ''Friday the 1 3th.''

Most recently l would say

Adam Green's ''Hatchet.''

l think almost any slasher movie

post-''Friday the 1 3th''

kind of tipped their hat to it.

lt's a great independent film.

And it's great to look back

and-- what?

to look back and see young filmmakers,

like an Adam, up and coming,

to have a film that's reminiscent

of ''Friday the 1 3th.''

So it's kind of cool.

l've been to a million conventions

and l see people

with Jason tattoos.

lt's a lot of fun.

Come on, it's beautiful.

We bleed for this sh*t.

The fans are open to creating

their own mythology

about them too.

Man:
He had just received

a surprise postcard from Jason,

inviting him to take part

in a slayathon.

Jason doesn't have a star

on the walk of fame.

This is terrible.

He's been around for 30 years

and he can't get a star?

Jason is a star!

( silent )

Oh, sorry.

l didn't know anybody

was using this room.

( girl screaming )

Okay, l admit it.

l love this stuff.

But as we've seen,

so do millions of others.

l mean, after all a good killer

is never out of style, right?

Which is exactly why the original

terrifying legend

of Jason Voorhees

is being reimagined

and repackaged

for a whole new generation of fans.

lt's exciting to see Jason up

to his old tricks.

( girl screaming )

So now after all of this time,

playing around with Jason

for all these years,

there comes a new look,

a new feel hopefully

in this new reimagining

or reboot of the franchise.

l hope the fans will enjoy it

from the same point of view

l enjoyed it from, which is

to see Jason

for the first time again.

To be able to work

with Jason Voorhees

and to see that mask--

l can tell you the first day

that he wore that mask on set,

we all got chills.

lt was amazing,

and it was amazing to think

that here's this thing

that we've grown up with,

and it's right here

and we can touch it and feel it,

because when we watched it as kids,

it felt so far away.

lt's made by people

who love the franchise,

but who are going at it

with many more resources

than we ever had

or ever dreamed of.

This remake centers

around this brother-sister story

between the Whitney character

and the Clay character,

which is played by Jared Padalecki.

lt doesn't go so well.

There's enough characters in there

to actually bring some comedy into it,

so there's gonna be

obviously the crazy deaths.

They've already said

there's 1 3.

They've already said that,

so l'm not giving away anything,

but along with the deaths, you might have

some other lighter moments,

and it's gonna be a good contrast.

What l think makes

this one unique

is Jason being

more humanistic

and not sort of that

supernatural zombie.

He's a person.

We are coming into a time now

where everyone

is becoming more emotional

and in touch with their feelings.

So we give Jason this backstory,

and l feel like people can relate

to him more,

which almost makes the killings

and the deaths seem justified.

l think there's more heart involved.

That l think is exciting,

'cause it's a new face of Jason.

And you have to figure out

how to recreate

and keep renewing

this franchise.

And they've taken

sort of the best elements

of the first four

and wrapped it into one.

What the fans can expect to see

from the new ''Friday the 1 3th''

is the best aspects

of the films they loved in the past

taken out and mixed up

and put into a brand-new film

for everybody.

l think they're gonna see

the intensity.

They're gonna see

over-the-top brutal kills.

We really strived to give audiences

kills that they hadn't seen before,

or, and maybe better,

kills they had seen

but we added something else to the kill.

And something else

that was in the original

that really hasn't been

in any horror movies lately,

our movie has a ton

of nudity in it.

They're gonna see

over-the-top

unique sex scenes.

lt's gonna be an entertaining

wild roller-coaster of a ride.

We've gone to great lengths

to make the movie

feel very authentic,

to be very respectful

to the character.

l think this film is gonna

greatly satisfy all the genre fans,

not just the hardcore

''Friday the 1 3th'' fans.

lt's not only remarkably scary,

but very very funny.

The mythology will stay intact.

Jason is still Jason.

Our hope is that

the true fans

love the film as much as people

who've never seen the movie before.

We're hopeful

that all of our attempts

at authenticity

will have paid off for them,

and we suspect that they will,

but you never know.

l think, regardless,

they're gonna be pulled in,

and that's that.

l'm excited to be a part of this...

colossal franchise.

To just be a part of the name

''Friday the 1 3th'' is

a little exhilarating

l have to say.

We all love Jason Voorhees.

l mean, who doesn't?

Reggie will kick his butt. Reggie

the reckless will kick Jason's butt now.

l will put the red suit on,

and l will whip Jason's behind.

- l ain't playing.

- We can only hope that the people

who loved ''Friday the 1 3th''

in the first place will be satisfied

with this newer, slicker,

kind of cooler version

of the story.

On the other hand,

l think that you're gonna have people that

are gonna see this new version

as the first ''Friday the 1 3th''

they ever saw.

And this will hopefully

set a new level of quality

so that the franchise

can continue forward.

- ( insects chirping )

- ( owl hooting )

Excuse me, miss,

is this yours?

l think you dropped--

she won't be needing this.

Over the years,

it's been the unstoppable Jason

that's kept moviegoers flocking

to theaters for a bloody good time,

but it's not just the fans

who appreciate

Jason's never-ending

reign of terror.

''Friday the 1 3th'' has

had a life of its own.

lt's quite amazing.

There are people

who just love this genre.

The ''Friday the 1 3th'' films

are an E ticket ride.

And l think people are constantly

ready to pay up for that ride.

On the night of its opening,

my wife said, ''Let's go out to see it.''

We went to six theaters that night,

and we couldn't get in.

We couldn't get in anywhere.

And l said to my wife,

''Holy cow, l think we really

did something here.''

When l tell them

that l was in ''Friday the 1 3th,''

it's so fun for me.

Thanks to ''Friday the 1 3th,''

my 15 minutes keeps going.

Playing a character

that's known around the world

is an amazing feeling

and something

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